One of the unheralded Aussie software success stories is a company called Mail</a> that make a web mail solution for <span class="caps">ISP</span>s, universities and corporates.<br />
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Ben (their <span class="caps">CEO</span> and founder) is Read more […]

Just wanted to put up a short plug for MuleSource. Ross and David over at MuleSource are really rocking along at the moment – I think the American’s call it “kicking ass and taking names”.

Mule itself is a very solid project, great Spring integration, lightweight to use but with lots of clever bells and whistles. MuleSource has one of the few “open source” business models that I think can succeed – selling software insurance on infrastructure pieces Read more […]

I have to say I’m getting a little sick of Google recruitment spam. Does anyone else get pestered every few months by the behemoth? I suppose I should blame Bob or someone for trying to get a referral bonus.

Case in point, this morning in my inbox:

Hi Mike,

My name is Cam Bowman and I am a Recruiter for the Google.com Engineering team. I wanted to follow up on an email I sent to you in November. You have a very impressive resume and we are looking for people with experience Read more […]

After 5 years, we’re busting at the seams in our current Sydney office.

We started looking around for space at the end of last year and I’m glad to say that the search has been successful (just don’t mention the months of lease negotiations – it causes people internally to spasm uncontrollably)!

Last Friday we received the keys to our new office, a beautiful heritage listed 1887 building that used to be the Corn Exchange in Sydney.

Yesterday TechCrunch covered a new time tracking startup called RescueTime.

The idea itself appealed to me. From the vague “semi-stealth” website, it’s like HackyStat for all knowledge workers not just developers. It seems to be a desktop application that uploads information on what apps and websites you’re using to the web so that you can accurately track your time.

I know I would love to see that information. I can’t wait for them to launch.